Coilovers and Spring Rate
 

I can't decide if I want BC BR coils or Fortune 500 coils for my evo 8, I'll be going with the swift spring upgrade option. Does anyone have an opinion on these coils?

Spring rate...I'm not sure what spring rate I should be running for a 65% daily and 35% road racing/mountain run. I've seen guys run 8k/8k, 10k/10k. 8k/10k, 10k/12k.... Currently, I don't have any suspension mods. What do you guys think my spring rate should be?

thanks

Had a set of 510's made to order w/the following: Swift 10K / 12K & the radial bearing. I would probably get their new collar option w/the allen bolt.

I dont track any more, but I find the 10K / 12K Ok for me on the street.

:beer:

Fortune Auto 500 /thread.
IMHO I think FA's are the best performing & best quality coilover setup on the market under $1800+ for any platform. I don't have them on my Evo yet but I did have them on my s2000 and they were amazing. Rides similar to stock comfort with less body roll on soft setting but track worthy when stiffened up. Excellent build quality & adjustability, custom rates & valving available, made & serviceable in USA and they even come with a graph showing the testing results of your coilovers before shipping them out.

Thanks for the info!

Good info, thanks!

If spending 1800 thats getting pretty damn close to Ohlins territory. I would def consider those. I'm currently running 510FA 10k/11k

+1... I have FA500 8/10k. Car is only street car and while not a DD, I could totally do it with these coils.

I've also been thinking about getting some ohlins or kw V3

My limited coilover experience:
Ohlins are the best street/track coilover, if in your budget. They are dampened well enough to be REALLY nice on the streetBetween BC and FA? Not a hard choice. FA is better, by far. KW are okay if you get ClubSports. The V3 has very little support. Mine were fine for the street, but too soft of a spring rate for the track. Getting them re-evalved was about impossible. Also, I do not know how to properly tune a double-adjustable coilover, so I went a different route.
Not sure any of that helps, but that's all I have LOL.
Cliffnotes: I'd go FA, no question. I'd be running them right now, had I not come across my current setup for a decent price.

Looks like i'm going to FA500 with 10k/10k springs....Thanks for the info fellas!

Yeah, for sure that rate will work. You can always go to the hard setting on your RSB to help w/some rear rotation

Those should work. I run 9k front and 10k rear. Driving around town isn't bad, at all.